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overkill

[oh-ver-kil] / ˈoʊ vərˌkɪl /






















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Expensive GPU-filled servers were overkill, and data-center customers mostly bought CPU servers to run websites, databases, applications, and other traditional workloads.

From Barron's May 8, 2026

The overkill hits its nadir when the Bride repeatedly wails the survivors’ hashtag, “Me too!”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2026

Still, the assembled armada seems overkill for that goal.

From Slate Feb. 19, 2026

For me, it happens often enough that this approach feels less like overkill and more like mercy.

From Salon Jan. 27, 2026

But regardless of whether the overkill hypothesis or the climate hypothesis proves correct, the disappearance of all of the big animals of Australia/New Guinea had, as we shall see, heavy consequences for subsequent human history.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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